the BIG two-five... (part i)

i got to celebrate this special day (waaay in advance) with this certain special someone.Woott!! I'd say it was a celebration of pure joy, full of love and hard-rockin' tunes. Why? We went to watch Butterfingers performed at the Zouk.(Note to Raf: kitorang pegi sbb nk temankan kau tau. Sweeet taaak?) I'm not really an avid fan of this hugely talented band.But yeah,there were some Butter's songs that I like to listen to.One of the earlier songs that I used to listen to was Malayneum.Unique. Ok back to my birthday story.I stayed overnight at my hot Egyptian gf's house the night before along with my 2 other girlfriends. We did the usual all girls' nite in thing.Cook, eat,gossiping while watching movies(that had hot dudes in it for us to oggle over. Best option: 300. Ngeee..). After a night full of laughter, juicy gossips and good food,he picked me up from The Ascott the next day and we headed straight to KLCC. Kerja di KLCC, takkan sambut birthday pun kat KLCC jugak?Mula2,apakahhh jugak laaa kann.. BUT, when you're celebrating with a certain special someone (ahem), everything else didnt seem to matter (cewaaah..). Lagipun, we were going to watch Butters afterwards.Dekat :D. Rock chicasnye sungguh.Mungkin one fine day when I get married, I'll have some rock band perform for my reception.Mwahaha.. Tht'd be interesting. Anyway,I like the way my birthday was celebrated this year.Since I'm the type of person who adores pleasantly-unusual & non-typical surprises,I just loved every minute of it. And everything, just fit perfectly the way imagined how it'd happen. Terimalah,gambar2 di bawah :)

birthday lunch. nyum nyum..

i wonder wat am i getting for my birthday this year? jeng jeng jeng..

say hellooooo to my new phone!

sayonara mr.nokky...

my, big, fat, super yummy & fattening chocolate birthday cake. Thanks Mom! :)

his pleasantly-unusual & non-typical surprise

goofing arnd just before entering the zouk (somebody has caught the "camera bazooka"-bug already?)

the BIG two-five... (part ii)

my delicious birthday lunch @ delicious

us girls TRYING very very hard to look good to promote the delicious food

i love you bunch!

zaza's cupcakes for moi.



mouth-wateringgggggg....

My birthday supper @ Aseana, KLCC

pressies :) Benefits' foundation + MAC eyeliner


more cupcakes for me!

pemberi Benefits. Thanks Naj! :)


the food and the aftermath

thanks guys... i was overwhelmed...

I *heart* you people!! Hugs and kisses. I feel so appreciated and loved. Turning 25 isnt so bad after all :)

(p/s: soecial thanks to Zaza and Raf for some of the pictures shown here:) )

perlukah?

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Uninspired

Back when I was a university student, I used to have a lot of ideas to write in this blog. A lot. I always could get the inspiration that I want anywhere, anytime. Inspiration from Mother Nature, people around me, my observation, my life, almost ANYTHING. When I read my old entries, I was quite amazed on my capacity to ponder on things that revolved around me and later put in words (I could be easily inspired by a petty accident at a bustop and then rushed back home to write about it). Didn’t matter whether I was writing an emotionally-charged entry or just updating the daily little tasks back then in Down Under. I could just write and let my thoughts flow. But now, I find it hard to find the inspiration and start writing as frequently as I can. Is it because of my work? Or the lack of accessibility to technology? Sometimes, when the inspiration came, I was at home, without a pc and internet (yes, I’ve been living quite a technology-less life nowadays) or when something interesting struck my mind, either I was mentally tired to wittily write about it or I was bogged down with some crucial work. Ergh..!!

I miss writing :(

Inspiration, please find your way home & come back to me......

hey ya'll!!

People might think that I was burying my head (too deep) into my never-ending piles of work that I have no time for other things in life. Well, I did bury my head, BUT I still manage to indulge in life's little luxuries.Heh. I tried the Fish Spa the other day with Sha at The Pavillion. It was ticklissshhh as hell.But relaxing and funny and cute at the same time. Just imagine having these mini-sized creatures nibbling away your dead skin cells from your feet.The moment I dipped my feet in the pool, we were attacked by the hungry so-called "Doctor Fish". Me and Sha terus tergelak cam kena poke or geletek mercilessly ala-ala kaki tgn kena ingat sumer.Haha.. We went there early so, so I reckon the fish were feasting on their "breakfast"(our feet).

the fish, enjoying their "yummy" breakfast

We headed to ZEN by Secret Recipe for brunch afterwards.I like the place. Very much alike Secret Recipe but the concept is more of a semi-fine dining eatery. On top of that, it offers more variety too! :) And the dessert? Rambang mata.They don't only have the usual, famous Secret Recipe cakes but also mouth-watering delicacies such as Triffle, Tiramisu, pastries and those lil' cute cakes/pudding displayed in a very inviting presentation. Here's a sneak preview of my strawberry triffle. Mind you, it's very very rich, thick and creamy. Sinful! But worth every bite of it.Hehe.

layers of fat ready to invade my body

Last Sunday was a total alumni day. I had my university luncheon at Shangri La and later, Petrosains Dinner at Bora Ombak. Alumni gathering is meant for us to catch up with our classmates/friends after years of working and forgetting to contact each other. I miss UQ. University of Queensland is the place to be!(promote! promote!) Hehe. But yeah, I really miss the good old times back in uni. Where life was only about trying, experiencing & enjoying things that matter. Sure we all worried once in a while about the never-ending asisgments, exams,group projects (annoying & lazy groupmates) and studying.But we always know how to have fun back in those days. There was always a way.Even with our limited student's budget & holes on our pockets.Aaah.. I was so lucky to have the chance to study there and experienced my uni days in a foreign land where people were highly civic-minded, open (you could walk barefoot & nobody will give a damn abt it), friendly (Malaysians are friendly too but only to tourists!). Initially I was a bit nervous to turn up for this UQ event knowing that only 4 of us would be coming (my batch & ppl that I knew). True enough, when I arrived (was fashionably late as usual), the crowd was made up of mostly the elderly people. Yang graduated 10-30 years ago! We were the youngest ppl there. Kinda awakward la jugak, like how do you converse casually with people of your parents' age (mungkin lagi tua.my parents are still young :)), yang dah waaaay established (Datuks, Datins, succesfull entrepeneurs, politicians etc etc). If they were my bosses, takdela awkward mana pon kan. I could always cook up something about The Company's latest issues ke ape ke kan. Since we didn't have anything in common except for the fact that we studied at the same uni, takkan nk ckap pasal weather pulak kan.Friendly lebih2, derang ingat aku gatal pulaakkkk.Hahah.. But all in all,it was a good experience. Owh did I mention that I manage to accidentally insult this Datuk who owns a business in Labuan? Somebody please hand me a copy of Socialize like A Socialite for Dummies.

happy family of Petrosains. How I miss the good old times.The dude yg paling kanan is my supercool ex-boss!

me, him, faiz and farah - happy faces

goofing around

And not forgetting, bob-bon's Birthday! Happy Birthday Zaza! I hope you enjoy the surprise birthday cake and the cupcake.Tehee...

bon-bon, yana, rambut helmet, pasangan gigi (read all the pet names fondly.hehe)

cupcake untuk zaza. nyum nyum

chocolate mousse : the way to de-stress

okay.The Apartment. Been there twice.I must say the concept of having an eatery with household equipments and deco is quite nice.And relaxing.Eating a nice plate of pavlova while having shower nozels creatively sticking out from the wall is enjoyable.It's like you are eating in a shower but you are not. Hehe. The first time i went there was with Shelly and second was with ma' pipeys!The chocolate mousse, i tell you, is sooo very the sinful.Once you pop, you cant stop kinda thing.Hehe.Highly recommended for those who are PMS-ing or if you're having a really really bad day.

the girls posing for mr.raf's super cool phone (konon2 nya).btw,adults yg pakai braces, cute okk *wink wink*

abg rambut pacak :p, ainal & wifey

All in all, the food variety is not interesting enough.I tried the chicken n mushroom pasta in which we requested for the chef to ommit the white wine sauce (of course laa kan). It was awful.Really really tasteles pasta i have ever tasted.We even had to request for chilli sauce.It was like a dish made for Britney Spears on a strict diet regime, 10 days countdown towards the Grammy Awards' red carpet.Yeah that bad.So people, DO NOT order this.Unless you have got only 1 week left to squeeze in that little black dress.Hehe.But do try the Big Fish dish (like everyone else, Raf's meal was made to be pau-ed by us). It's yummy. Fish covered with cheese (i think) with grilled potatoes. Talking about food has made me hungry already.And it's only 9.08 am in the morning.Sheesshh..

So what are you guys having for lunch today?

what's sharper than a knife?

Mean and harsh, harsh words told by your loved ones - parents, siblings, best friends and of course your other half.Because what they said, matters.How far could someone go in saying things that hurt your feelings? More importantly, how could they even have the heart to say that to you, when you least expected it? I dont know. I wish I have the answers.And to what extent could you measure someone to be disrespectful towards you?Is voicing out your thoughts when you feel something is not right somewhere, considered as disrespectful? While at the same time, they were speaking up their thoughts about you frankly, without the least feeling of humanity. Pendek kata, mengapa dia boleh mengatakan sesuatu yang tidak enak di dengar mengenai diri kita kepada kita, tanpa secebis rasa kesal dan pada masa yg sama, apabila kita melakukan perkara yang sama, we were judged, lashed out at, verbally tortured and emotionally tormented?Can we call them disrespectful then? At times, in a way,i do think that because we are women, we were expected to just give in and behave more like a woman who have no say in everything. How sad.And just because they are guys, they can act like pigs they own the world? (Didnt apply to all though)

I reckon they didnt realize that when they say things that hurt my feelings, they also brought down my self-esteem & confidence to a level, where I felt immensely hurt, emotionally thrashed and didn't even know whether can I trust that person again.

And I am not sure whether I can ever forgive that person who officially has stripped me off from feeling happy.

if only strawberries existed here..



Ok lovely people. I'll be off to Penang tomorrow for a holiday :)

Hope you people will have a great weekend as well.. Don't miss me too much!

Sunburst Music Festival 2008

It started off with countless obstacles that nearly pushed me on the edge of not going. I was THAT close, believe me. Battles in searching for the perfect outfit that went astray, intimidating reminders of PPA that was yet to be completed, failure in finding a place to crash after the concert, my favourite stripey Converse Argentina World Cup 2006 Limited Edition sneakers that went missing in action (it was crucial for the concert), persuading & convincing my mom that I’ll be out until 2-ish in the morning, mother-daughter quarrels on silly stuff that drove me crazy and most importantly, appearance of zits on my face just the day before the big day (which I took as a bad omen in any big day or events that were to take place. Ini mmg stress tahap dewa okkkk. Why oh whyyyy??..). But lucky me, he was taking the responsibility of distracting me form those petty but were stubbornly-getting-on-my-nerves things, like a pro. Hehe.

Ok back to the real deal. When we arrived, there were many cars parked along the highway. Ah excited! Seeing many people heading towards the main entrance. Beratur jap kat luar since entrance was not yet open, panas Tuhan saja yg tau. While waiting, we munched on some yummy cucuk2 from a pakcik. Tengah syok makan2, tibe2, the vocalist of the famous band, Hujan passed by us. We looked at each other and “Jom amik gambar dgn dia!”. Belum sempat nak proceed with any action, the pakcik who was selling the cucuk2 blurted “Haa.. Hujan, Hujan.. Meh, meh. Pilih2 mana nak”. While patting the vocalist’s back. Hahahah.. Pakcik jual cucuk2 pun tahu band Hujan ok. I bet mesti dia nak tergelak kena sapa mcm tu. Kelaka gile. It was so spontaneous and hilarious.

Once we were inside, I was so ecstatic seeing all the tents selling food, beverages and merchandises, grand stages and many music lovers scattered everywhere. We were there early since he did not wanna miss out seeing Y2K performed. I think they were pretty cool since they won Blast Off. With cool mask-wearing image and energetic performance (lihat sahaja vocalist dia yg berperut gendut itu. Menyanyi sambil melompat2 tanpa jemu. Impressive. But the noticeable, moving tummy was a bit distracting laa. Maafkan saya ye. Tetapi anda memang hebat). I must admit I could understand why they managed to get into top 10 of World Finals Global Battle of the Bands, though their music want not the kind that I usually listen to. There was this one girl in the band (I bet she was very young & pretty judging from her figure and nice long hair underneath that mask), probably their sidekick vocalist, who did not sing much throughout the performance. Ala-ala back-up gitu laa kan. Once in a while when her voice could be heard over the loud booming music, it was a good voice. Sweet. Tapiii… while the band performed a harder rock version (it was really hard to the core but good) of Rihanna’s Umbrella, there was this part when the girl belted out “Under my umbrella..” (ella, ella, eh, eh..), oh her voice was…… ganassss.. How do I describe it eh? Aku terkejut. So was the audience. I looked at him and he looked and we were like..macam whaaa’?.. haha.. just didn’t expect it coming from that girl.

Ok, to cut the story short, we watched performances from Atilia, Najwa, Gerhana Ska Cinta, Pop Shuvit and Gigi. Not much to comment on other than good performances from them all. I was pretty excited to see Najwa. Ok I admit, it was the name. Hehe. But she was quite entertaining on the keyboard. Cume audiences tak berapa ramai that time. Hujan (not the band) laa pulak kan tibe2 time Pop Shuvit performed. If not I’d be joining the crowd in the mosh pit dah *insert note of exegerration here*. Their songs were awesome and very adrenaline-pumping & and the crowd just loooooved it. They just made you wanna jump and bang your head to their songs. Good interaction with the audience as well. Owh while waiting for the next performance, we spotted Hujan vocalist doing some tap dancing with his gf, I presumed, near the stage area. Comelll je. Hehe. So, we made a move and headed towards him to take some pictures. He turned out to be a very very good sport! Laid-back, funny and outgoing. Kelakar gile time nak amik gamba tuh. Kitorang ni mmg selamba laa kan. Dia pun boleh tahan gak loyar buruk. Kelakar. Haha.

Hujan!(the band) Well oh well what can I say about this band. It was raining quite heavily when Hujan started to perform. We waited under the tent feeling very stressed out coz we really wanted to watch Hujan. Dah la starving like hell. Luckily, just before they performed Pagi Yang Gelap, the heavy rain stopped. It only drizzled. Not to miss our fave song, we gambled and ran towards the stage to join the already drenched crowd. It was awesoooommmmeee. Could not be described words. Aahh.. not only tht, during singing & jumping around, I finally managed to see his eyebrows and a bit of forehead (that i as really curious about previously) that were covered by his trademark of hair style. Hehe. Anyways, Hujan, you rock my socks!

Then, after Maghrib prayer, a change of dry clothes we rushed to see Reza Salleh. While waiting and watching Tempered Mental on stage, he spotted Reza Salleh passing by us heading to the stage to get ready. “Eh babe, Reza Salleh laa!”

Him: Reza Salleh right? We’ve been following you since Rock The World man!

Reza Salleh: Oh really? (Pause for a while). Ooo.. You guys came to the booth right? (referring to the booth where he distributed Junk mags during Rock The World). I remember you guys!

Me: (giggling like mad coz I was feeling soooooooooo over the moon that Reza Salleh remembers us! REZA SALLEH REMEMBERS US!! It has been 2 years okkk since the last Rock The World. It must be the tudung laa I tell you. It just made me noticeable out of the hundreds people that were there. Ehehe..).

Him: (grinning from ear to ear)

Reza Salleh: oh btw, what’s your name?

Him: I’m Sharil

Reza Salleh: and you are..?

Me: Najwa

Reza Salleh: Owh Najwa. (I swear he looked a bit surprised when finding out my name. Maybe nama sama dgn the performer Najwa kot? Oh well, whatever the reason was, who cares when you were having a real conversation with your fave singer that remembered you!)

(he shook hands with Reza Salleh and made some small talks)

Him: can we have a picture with you?

Reza Salleh: of course!

So people, pictures as follows. I made a vow that by hook or by crook, I’ll go to the Laundry Bar if Reza Salleh is performing. Ngeee..

Incubus. Now don't get me started with this one. Absolutely mind blowinggggggg. Enough said.

Ok people, let the pictures do the rest of the talking.


Y2K. See that girl on stage? That's the one tht i'v been talking about


Gerhana Ska Cinta. I liked her vest very3 much


candid! with Hujan vocalist


the real pic :)


najwa the singer


beautiful atilia


moi with ppl painting grafitti at the back


two euphoric people, high on big dose of good music


the crowd rockin' to Pop Shuvit


Hujan performing on stage


reza salleh & a die-hard fan :p


rezaaaaaaaa


overjoyed yours truly, watching reza salleh


how could i not be a reza salleh's fan


the one & only, John Legend


Incubus!!!! Brandon Boyd...aahh...


the euphoric duo with fellow euphoric buddies

My amusing trip to KK

If i can choose anywhere(apart from my beloved KL) where i can get to be transferred to, it will be Kota Kinabalu, Sabah :) So far, I've gone there twice :) Fist time, for a communication session. Second time, for a training, which i managed to convince my unconvinced boss that i really have to go.I just dont understand why my boss had this mindset if you wanna go for training, go must go to sessions in KL.Outside KL, she'll take a very verrry long time to consider.Ala-ala dengki xnak kasik la tuh kan.Faham sangat.To her, gi tempat2 cam KK nih, nanti pergi berseronok je. Sangat apakah kan? Padahal,if you wait for the next session, u hafta wait like for another 2-3 months.It's for our own development pun.Eleee..Cam la time dia muda2 dulu, tak amik kesempatan g tempat2 yg tak penah pegi.Tol tak? Anyways, KK really is a cool place to go to. Pegi training macam gi bercuti.I like the fact that i can just walk from 1 mall to another. The food outlets are everywhere.Depan hotel je. Tengok kat tingkap, dah nampak.Hehe..Staying at a posh hotel like Le Meridien really do make my stay more interesting.


picture about life


otw to the filipino market,stopped by to get some refreshing air kelapa.


this reminds me of Goldcoast..aahh.. rindu


KK's famous chicken wing


some exotic stuff for purchase


i really love the view


hiyaaaakkk!!


you can see the nearby islands from here